The Star Tea Co. Ltd., 17 Freeman St., Grimsby c1912.

A large, original photograph on a card backing. The photographer is unknown. The photo comes from a specialist shopfront image collector in Bristol.

A ‘borrowed’ copy of this photo has been doing the rounds but this is the original. The clarity of the details is stunning! The highest resolution version provides many interesting details about what such shops were selling in c1912 and the prices.

17 Freeman Street still exists today but it’s hard to recognise that it’s the same property. Some of the wooden mouldings down the edges of this picture are still there and confirm the location.